It was fantastic to see our local community down at Bakers Lane in October, as a group of local history buffs cleared 50 years of vegetation away from Abrahams Well which is the only remaining known natural spring in Shipley Parish or for miles around.
Local folklore has it that Hillaire Belloc used to get one of his lads who laid his fire to fetch him 2 bottles of fresh spring water every day before upgrading to a water cart such was his interest.
Great to see such local history being celebrated and the site looked after. There is still more work to follow with some landscaping to make its resurrection
more permanent.
